[78-L] What I've Been Up To...

[mbiel at mbiel.com.invalid]

So glad to hear from you.  You have no idea how many people keep asking
about you!  They blamed the turning of the original sleepy 78-L into a
flooded river of posts in the 1990s, and I do admit that i became a pied
piper and led much of the flock over to Facebook in recent years.  (We
wouldf love to see you over at the group I administer, 78 rpm and
cylinder fan group, and Sammy Jones' Radio Transcription page.  And as
for OTR groups, they vary in quality, so make sure to see that Martin
Grams, Sammy, and myself are in it first.  

As for sound effects records, I rescued a hundred or so at Mort Savada's
shop before he could sell them to a stripper who broke records over her
naked butt.   True story.  Tom Valentino kept pressing vinyl 78s at RCA
for his Major label into the 60s, and he once let me take some unusual
samples from his storage room.  I wish I took pictures of his place. 
His sons told me years ago there are none left, nd that their father was
able to see their first Major CD before he died.

The sound effects record I really want is the car crash record on
Standard.  

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  and facebook messenger

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [78-L] What I've Been Up To...
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl at midcoast.com.invalid>
Date: Sun, April 07, 2019 7:14 pm
To: 78-L <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>


In keeping with Kristjan's suggestion that we try to goose some life
into
the old 78-L, I've been building up a library of radio-era 78rpm sound
effects records, to be used in the actual production of a live radio
variety
program. I've been the manager of a theatre for the past fourteen years,
and
in that capacity I've started a twice-yearly live-radio show, with
comedy,
music, and all the rest. We don't do this show as hokum with corny
costumes
and broad exaggeration -- I try to do it as an actual radio variety
series
would have been done in the heyday of such without in any way mocking
the
style. 

Toward that end I've been accumulating records I can use on an SFX truck
I'm
building, based on a Califone turntable and PA amplifier. Most of what
I've
picked up so far has been from the Standard and Speedy-Q libraries -- I
had
actually worked with the Standard library in one of my radio jobs long
ago,
and have regretted ever since that I didn't swipe the records when I had
the
chance, because they all ended up junked when the station moved. I find
the
Standard recordings more convincing, but the Speedy-Qs seem to be easier
to
find, and are generally suitable for my purpose. I'm looking especially
for
late vinyl pressings in broadcast-quality condition -- it's frustrating
to
find one I need only for it to be all scuffed and noisy.

Our next live broadcast over our local community-type station and its
worldwide feed will be July 7th. If you go to WRFR.org and look on their
home page you'll find a link to our first show, done on December 16th.
The
regular cast is made up of people who work at the theatre, with guest
performers picked up around the neighborhood, with script and directing
by
me myself. Didn't use any recorded SFX for the first show, because I
didn't
want to make it any more complicated than it needed to be for people
who'd
never done any kind of radio production, but I think we're ready to move
to
the next level. 

Elizabeth


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